shā

to kill; to attack; to weaken or reduce

Character data

Radical ⽎ (79.7)
Strokes 10
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

殺 shā
  1. 1. to kill
  2. 2. to attack
  3. 3. to weaken or reduce
  4. 4. (used after a verb) extremely
  5. 5. to murder
  6. 6. to smart (dialect)

Words containing 殺

Word Meaning
to behead
fig. time marches on, relentless and unforgiving
to assassinate
(fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them
to shoot dead
to massacre; to slaughter
killer; butcher; slaughterer
punish one to warn others
to kill (a person); to murder; homicide
cold-blooded; ruthless
a fuss about nothing; nothing to write home about
fig. to kill people like flies
to kill and burn (idiom); murder and arson
attempted murder
murder case; homicide case
(case of, incident of) murder
murderer; homicide
homicidal maniac
to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money
killer whale (Orcinus orca)
to kill or injure
destructive power; harmfulness
to beat down the price; to haggle; to slash one's prices
to break through; to force one's way out of encirclement